Network Operator - NISSC - CMSFS

Position Title: Network Operator

Location: Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station (CMSFS), Colorado

Relocation Assistance: None available at this time

Remote/Telework: NO - Not available for this position

Clearance Type: Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility 

Shift: Shift work is required to support 24x7 operations. It is important to be available to work any shift/designated hours required including nights, weekends, and holidays on a modified Panama schedule.

Travel Required: Up to 10% of the time

Our NORAD Operations Group

Selected by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Division for Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment (OM&S) of critical mission systems for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NCMC), we support the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II).

Since 2020, through the (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II), has provided:

·       Operations, maintenance, and Sustainment of current and legacy systems for the surveillance and cataloging of manmade objects in space.

·       Mitigation of orbital conflicts.

·       Threat warnings and control from airborne, land-based, and space-based systems for threat activities.

·       Operations and maintenance of classified communications.

·       Software development and integration.

NISSC II supports the classified communications and processing for Command and Control (C2) capability and legacy space C2 systems located at:

·       Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station (CMSFS), Colorado

·       Peterson Space Force Base (PSFB), Colorado

·       Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

·       Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

·       Numerous sensor and forward operator sites around the world

Description of Duties:

The Network Operator supports North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II). The candidate will:

·       Be responsible for providing mission-critical voice and data services communication for 800+ circuits supporting customers at CMSFS and around the world.

·       Sustain, troubleshoot, and repair standard voice and data network infrastructure systems and cryptographic equipment.

·       Have operational oversight of system, trunk, circuit, and equipment performance.

·       Coordinate and assist in troubleshooting, isolating, and correcting network systems and circuit errors.

·       Create and update outage tickets and shift logs.

·       Brief leadership of circuit/equipment status when needed.

·       Perform daily cryptographic loads to equipment (i.e., KIV-7Ms, KG-175Xs, KG-250/255s, etc.) and associate COMSEC paperwork.

·       Analyze problems and conduct effective fault diagnosis and system recovery.

·       Handle COMSEC materials daily.

·       Use of electronics and network principles.

Shift work is required to support 24x7 operations. It is important to be available to work any shift/designated hours required including nights, weekends, and holidays on a modified Panama schedule.

This position will be filled and work onsite at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station (CMSFS), Colorado

Tech Control Facility is a 24x7 high operational working environment. There are sets 12 hours working shifts, 3 or 4 days per week. With a maximum of 84 working hours every 2 weeks.

Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as one of our teammate companies.